The Gundremmingen nuclear power plant, which is only 75 miles outside of Munich Germany, has been infected with malware. The system used to monitor the fuel rods has been infected with the Conficker worm, and W32.Ramit. Conficker is used to turn computers into bots in order to launch denial of service attacks, and W32.Ranit gives…
The Police Department of Tredyffrin PA announced the discovery of a speeding ticket scam. Victims received emails with the following content: From: Speeding Citation (citation@safe-browsing.com) To: vfiorillo@phillymag.com Subject: Notification of excess speed First Name: Victor Last Name: Fiorillo Notification of excess speed Route: Mill Road Date: 8 March 2016 Time: 7:55 am Speed Limit: 40…
Ransomware attacks have been growing exponentially making anti-virus companies scramble to keep up with the latest attacks. One of these companies, Bitdefender, takes a new tactic and makes it available for FREE. The Bitdefender solution makes it appear as though your computer is already infected with current versions of Ransomware. Kind of like a vaccine…
Establishments in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and the U.S. have been attacked by a newly discovered Malware called Dripion. Dripion is a custom program that creates a back door into computers. It is installed through another malicious software called Blugger. Blugger, using encryption to hide its communication, downloads Dripion from English-language blogs. The blogs could…
Linux.Darlloz, in addition to being able to attack Linux computers, has the ability to target small devices attached to the internet. Vulnerabilities in chips used in home routers, security cameras, set-top boxes like Apple TV, Roku, cable boxes and etc. and even industrial controllers are susceptible to this worm. The devices above utilize Linux services to…
Yesterday AV Comparatives released their 2013 Business Software Review. The report evaluates security software for small and medium sized businesses who would not normally be large enough to have a full time IT professional on staff. The report assumes a business running a Windows 2012 domain, and only 25 PCs running Windows 7 or 8. AV…
There have been numerous reports lately of Android apps ladden with malware. There have been reports of text spams carrying malware. Cyber security reports of smart phones being the new target of malware is everywhere lately. On September 30th Trend Micro reported finding over 700,000 malicous apps in the Android marketplace. In the midst of all of this…
Akamai released its State of the Internet report for the second quarter of 2013. Being the largest content distribution company in the world Akamai has an internet presence throughout the world. As part of their efforts to constantly improve service Akamai has monitoring agents throughout their network. One of the things Akamai’s monitors report on…
Oracle releases critical patch updates on a quarterly basis. This quarter they have posted their highest number of quarterly patches to date, 127. Included in these patches are 51 Java fixes. This marks the first time Oracle has updated Java with it’s other products. October’s quarterly release includes patches for: Oracle Database Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle…
Phishers are constantly trying new bait to hook you into downloading malware. Symantec reported on October 9th a new Phishing attack aimed at Facebook users. A website offers a free Facebook app that will show you who is visiting your Facebook page. If you read my article “Facebook Dump More User Privacy” published yesterday you…
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